grand canal of china to control water, great wall of china to keep mongols out.

chinese culture

influenced by culture of the rest of east asia, lots of warfare so they create martial arts such as kung fu

memorize

= gilgamesh

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Answer

epic of gilgamesh

oldest story ever written down (2000 bce), use clay tablets and cuneiform. it's about king of urok who is great, young, and oppressive. then the sky gods fight him and defeat him with a prostitute allowing gilgamesh the king to gain wisdom

how was writign standardized

accounting

first to write

mesopotamian sumerians because they were the first to amass grain so they needed to keep track. the first thing ever written was a recipe for beer

what would people write on

clay tablets, papyrus, parchment, and paper from china in eurasia. since all of these are from eurasia, writing was harder and spread less in the americas

aryans attack or the indians could have over exploited the area through deforrestation bc they needed fire for brick, overgrazing, couldve been a drought causing them to move where there is water, flooding, earthquakes.